About Reading and Berks County
Ranked as a Best Place to Live and Best Place to Retire by U.S. News & World Report, Reading is a medium-sized city in Berks County, which is in southeastern Pennsylvania. Albright College is located in the city’s historic northeast College Heights neighborhood.
Interesting and fun places close to Albright include West Reading, Lancaster, King of Prussia and the Lehigh Valley.
The college is about an hour’s drive north of Philadelphia. Albright is also not far from Baltimore, Washington D.C. and New York City, which are all about 2 to 2.5 hours away by car. Bus and Amtrak train service are also available nearby for students wishing to visit one of those metropolitan areas.
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Catch a game!
The city of Reading is also home to professional sports, so you can take in a game close to Albright.
- Reading Royals, professional ice hockey and Philadelphia Flyers’ ECHL affiliate, with their home ice in Santander Arena.
- Reading Fightin Phils, the Philadelphia Phillies’ AA team, with their home field at Reading’s FirstEnergy Stadium, which is the most historic stadium in the Eastern League – 36 years older than any other park in the league!
Interested in learning more about living, working and having fun near Albright? Check out Meet Greater Reading, a resource from the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance. Find a Berks-focused list of things to do in our area – and explore the Dutch Country Roads section of the Pennsylvania Great American Getaway guide.